columnist Hedda Hopper reports from Arthur Cameron's dinner dance at Romanoff's: "It was evident that Diane McBain and producer Hal Bartlett were crazy about each other. They never stopped dancing. His lovely Latin wife sat at our table and hoped no one would notice. We did. By midnight she'd had it. She told Miss McBain off in no uncertain terms, grabbed her husband by the arm, and took him home. It looks like another divorce to me."

September 62

TV actor Vince Edwards denies dating her: "I haven't seen her in two months and then only because she was working on an adjacent sound stage. Stories like this upset my girlfriend, Sherry Nelson."

October 62

has a big "mystery man" in her life, who's quite important

will enroll in night college, studying languages

January 63

columnist Harrison Carroll reports that there's never a dull moment in the life of Omar Sharif. "Omar dated Tuesday Weld, Diane McBain, as well as Sue Barton."

64

she's 5`7" tall, has had crushes but remains single

leaves Warner Brothers amicably after declining a small part in Sex and the Single Girl

June 65

Raf Vallone, her co-star in Harlow, is dating her like he was never married

columnist Dorothy Kilgallen reports: "Dennis Stein, the clothing firm executive, has just returned to Manhattan after two months of dating Diane McBain in Hollywood, and he's been contributing heavily to the AT&T since he returned. He was on the long distance horn for over an hour at the Embers the other night, even having drinks served to him while he was telephoning."

attends a reception at the White House where "the Richard Nixons have some 800 buddies in for coffee, Danish pastry and champagne." Among the guests are Don DeFore, Barbara Eden and Michael Ansara, Ruta Lee, Rosemary Bowe, Dorothy Malone, Mrs. Bob Cummings, Anita Louise and Henry Berger, Norman Taurog, Buddy Ebsen, and Dale Robertson. They are personally greeted by the President and First Lady.

69

films I Sailed to Tahiti with an All-Girl-Crew in Hawaii and will remember working with Gardner McKay as not very pleasurable

January 70

she and Harlem Globetrotter Mark Stevens promote the March of Dimes benefit basketball game between the Globetrotters and Hollywood Celebrities held at the Inglewood Forum

70

after filming The Delta Factor, director Tay Garnett regrets not having her cast for the lead instead of Yvette Mimieux

6 February 72

marries Rodney L. Burke in San Bernardino. He's 29; she's 30.

24 June 73

her son, Evan Andrew, is born in Los Angeles

May 74

divorces Burke in Los Angeles

74

takes her baby to the set and is breast-feeding it while filming ABC's "Wide World of Mystery" in England

29 December 82

according to a spokesman for her, she was raped and severely beaten at her house on Christmas Day. "No other details are available." Later it will be revealed that "it was 1 a.m. on Christmas Day 1982 when Mrs. McBain drove into the garage of her apartment building and was attacked by two men. Thinking back on it later, she believes the men might have been hanging around an all-night hot dog stand, a block or so away from her home. The police theorize that the men noticed her drive by, perhaps had noticed her before, and followed her into her garage. They tied her to the bumper of her car and raped her for 45 minutes. She can't remember how she got loose after they left, but she did and went to her apartment and called the police."

May 84

believes she has become a better actress since the attack. "The event deepened me," she says. She is convinced "that our society is largely responsible for violent crimes in general, and rape in particular."